ex ‧ pan ‧ sive AC /ɪkˈspænsɪv/ BrE AmE adjective
1 . very friendly and willing to talk a lot:
Hauser was in an expansive mood.
2 . very large in area, or using a lot of space:
expansive beaches
She flung her arms out in an expansive gesture.
3 . including a lot of information and using a lot of words:
an expansive definition
It was written in an expansive style.
4 . relating to a business or ↑ economy becoming bigger or more successful:
expansive economic policies
—expansively adverb
—expansiveness noun [uncountable]